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Bird Flu Immunology
Reports summarize bird flu immunology study results from Konkuk University, College of Veterinary Medicine
June 10th, 2008
New investigation results, 'Immune responses and pathogenesis in immunocompromised chickens in response to infection with the H9N2 low pathogenic avian influenza virus,' are detailed in a study published in Virus Research. "The H9N2 low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) viruses have often caused moderate mortality with severe clinical signs in domestic poultry in many Eurasian countries and have occasionally caused clinical respiratory diseases in humans, but the basis for their pathogenesis remains unclear especially in chickens. To better understand the effect of immunosuppression on the risk of H9N2 viral infection, the pathogenesis and host immune responses of the H9N2 LPAI...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-10)
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